The most current wage data for the balance of the state and includes the boroughs of Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Denali, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island,
Lake and Peninsula, North Slope, and Northwest Arctic; and the census areas of Aleutians West, Bethel, Dillingham, Nome,
Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez-Cordova, Wade Hampton, and Yukon-Koyukuk.

The most current wage data for the Southeast Region and includes the boroughts of Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Yakutat, Sitka, and Skagway; and
the census areas of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Hoonah-Angoon, and Wrangell-Petersburg.

Includes a searchable list of more than 2,500 occupational titles and all their published wage data for Alaska and the U.S.
Each occupation may also include a link to its career ladder/lattice and information on employment, supply and demand, worker characteristics,
licensing requirements, typical education and on-the-job training, and training available in Alaska.

The minimum wage for Alaska is $7.75 per hour, effective 1/10/10. This link provides more information
about the minimum wage at the Wage and Hour Section of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement
(the filling of vacated positions) based on employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

Green jobs in Alaska by industry and occupation. Includes a link to the occupational information for the core green jobs in Alaska.
The occupational information includes data such as worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand, employment, wages,
and training resources and requirements.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement (the filling of vacated positions) based on
employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

Includes a searchable list of more than 2,500 occupational titles. Each occupation may include a link to its career ladder/lattice and
information on employment, wages, supply and demand, worker characteristics, licensing requirements, typical education and on-the-job training,
and training available in Alaska.

Green jobs in Alaska by industry and occupation. Includes a link to the occupational information for the core green jobs in Alaska. The occupational
information includes data such as worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand, employment, wages, and training resources and
requirements.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement (the filling of vacated positions) based on
employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

This occupational information subset identifies common occupations in the oil and gas industry.
It includes worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand, employment, wages, and training resources and requirements.

ALARI gathers various data such as population, employment, taxes, and census into one easily viewed Web page.
These data are available for Alaska, economic regions, boroughs/census areas, and communities.

Why certain employment data are suppressed

In employment data tables, categories are sometimes marked with an asterisk (*) or “ND” to indicate nondisclosable or suppressed information.

This is because of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ disclosure rules for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which aim to protect the confidentiality of specific employers’ numbers and identity when releasing these figures. Data are typically suppressed in small geographic areas, an industry dominated by a single employer, or where one segment of government dominates (but information on federal employees is fully disclosable). This is because if the pool is small enough, it may be possible to distinguish the results of a single or handful of entities.

There are two types of data omission. Primary suppression is required when an employer’s identity or data can be directly inferred from the numbers. Primary suppression in a category is determined by a BLS formula based on the number of establishments, the total employment, the number of employers, and the contribution of the largest employers to total wages and jobs.

Secondary suppression is necessary when looking at certain figures may make it possible to infer the value or identity of other withheld employment. In that case, both categories must be withheld to protect anonymity.

For more on the BLS’s QCEW data methods, see the frequently asked questions at http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewfaq.htm.